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(No Model) W. H. PALMER.

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PATENT FFIQE..

VILLIAM H. PALMER, OF YALE, MICHIGAN.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 585,400, dated June 29,189'?. i

Application fllmMarch 15, 1897. Serial No; 627,573. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. PALMER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Yale, in the county of St. Clair and State of Michigan, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

It is the object of my invention to obtain a simple construction ofsliding and swinging gate especially designed for use as a farmgate; andthe invention consists in the peculiar construction, arrangement, andcombination of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of my gate in its closedposition. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the gate in its open position,showing in dott-ed lines the position after sliding and before swinging.Fig. 3 is a cross-section showing the means employed for raising thegate. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on lines o@ m, Fig. 3.

A and B are two gate-posts. To the post A is hinged a carrier-frame C,comprising upright separated bars a a', the horizontal bar l), securedbetween and at the upper end of the bars a d and extending oppositelytherefrom, and the diagonal separated brace-bars o c', connecting theouter ends of the bar b with the lower part of the uprights d a.

D is the gate,which consists of the' parallel rails d, secured togetherat their outer ends by the uprights e and at their opposite ends by theupright `f,which is mortised to receive the ends of the rails and whensecured in position is iiush with the sides of said rails. This gate isslidingly secured between the parallel bars Ct a and c o of thecarrier-frame preferably by means of the rolls g and h, the former ofwhich is j ournaled between the bars c c', so as to bear on the underside of the upper rail cl of the gate. The other roll h is journalednear the lower end of the carrierframe beneath one of the lower rails ofthe gate, the drawings showing it below the second rail from the bottom.When supported upon these rails, the gate D is free to slide along thecarrier-frame from the position where the rail f is near the center ofthe car rier-frame to the position where the gate is central upon thecarrier-frame.

E is a post on the opposite side of the post A from the post B, againstwhich the carrier frame Vwill strike in the closed posit-ion of thegate.

F is a latch-hook pivoted to the post E and adapted to engage with thebar h of the carrier-frame.

G is a dog pivoted to the bar b, one arm of which extends beneath thelatch-hook F and the other in the path of the pin t' upon the gate, thearrangement being such that as the gate is slid to a central position onthe carrier the pin 'L' will strike against the dog G and disengage thelatch-hook from the carrier-frame.

The carrier-frame C may be hinged to the post A in any suitable manner,but I preferably attach it as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 of the drawings,.inwhich the post A is provided with a vertically-adjustable bar II,preferably ot' triangular cross-section,and secured to the corner of thepost A by means of the guides j. To this bar H the carrier-frame may behinged by the hooks and eyes I.

J are a series of holes in the post A, in any one of which a pin K maybe placed beneath the adjustable bar l-I to hold said bar at differentelevations.

Lis a block secured to the post lB, upon which the outer end of the gatemay rest in its closed position.

M is a post against which the gate will strike when in its openedposition, which post is preferably provided with a suitable catch forholding the gate thereto.

The parts being constructed as shown and described,the gate may beopened at any time by simply sliding it upon its Acarrier a sufficientdistance to form a passage-way beside the post B. When it is necessaryto open it to its full extent, as for the passage of a team, the gate isfirst slid to its central position on the carrier-frame and in so doingwill automatically release the said frame from the latch F, after whichit may be swung into the position shown in Fig. 2.

It will be noticed that the gate is firmly attached to the carrier-frameas it slides between the separated bars a a' andc c. At the same time itis easily moved, as it rests upon the antifriction-rolls g and h.

The gate may also be quickly lifted at any IOO ' time when necessary as,for instanoe,.to clear a snow-bank in winter timeby raising thevertically-sliding bar H and placing the pin K in one of the holes J.

What I Claim as my invention isi. In a sliding and swinging gate, ahinged Carrier-frame comprising separated upright bars, a horizontal barsecured between at the upper end and extending upon opposite sidesthereof and separated diagonal brace-bars, in combination with the gateproper, slidingly secured to said frame between said separated bars.

2. In a sliding and swinging gate,Y a hinged carrier-frame comprisingthe separated upright bars a a', the horizontal bar b secured between atthe upper end and extending' upon opposite sides thereof, and theseparated diagonal braoe-bars c c' in combination with the gate D7sliding between the separated bars of the carrier and comprising therails d and end uprights e and f, the latter having its sides fiuslrwiththe sides of the rail, and the antifriotion-rolls g and h on the upperand lower part of the carrier upon which the rails of the gate bear.

3. In a sliding and swinging gate the combination with a Carrier-frameand the gate proper slidingly secured thereto of a post having thevertically-adjustable bar secured thereto to which said carrier-frame ishinged.

. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JAMES E. LUTZ, AUSTIN LUTZ.

